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PEGI gives balatro an 18+ rating
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this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2024
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It was imagery of gambling. And yeah, that tracks.
Sure, but there isn't any actual gambling, and Balatro works a lot differently to actual gambling. It's not the gateway drug PEGI seems to think it is...
But there is imagery of gambling. If GTA had a casino and people playing the cards, they'll get a similar rating for it.
Super Mario 64 DS had you sitting at a poker table in a casino playing poker. New Super Mario Bros had the same poker game, but I'm not sure if that one was in a casino. PEGI rated both of them 3+.
The poker game in both games is in a very obvious casino environment. PEGI is smoking something.
Smoking that Nintendo cash.
Not to mention the pokemon games, many of which had slot machine minigames.